Kyrgyzstan president threatened with prison
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April 21, 2010, Wednesday
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KYRGYZSTAN'S ousted president was in exile in Belarus yesterday as the interim authorities controlling the Kyrgyz capital warned he would be imprisoned if he tried to return to the Central Asian country.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled Kyrgyzstan after a bloody uprising on April 7, had taken refuge last week in neighboring Kazakhstan but then left on Monday for a destination not announced.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday he had arranged for Bakiyev to come to the Belarusian capital. His presence, however, could exacerbate Belarus' tensions with both the West as well as neighboring Russia.
"President Bakiyev and his family are in Minsk under the protection of our state and me personally," Lukashenko said in televised remarks to parliament, adding that his guests were undergoing medical checks.
Lukashenko also said he had ordered food deliveries to Kyrgyzstan, where widespread poverty contributes to political tensions.
The president was deposed in an uprising that left 85 people dead when gunfire broke out at a protest rally.
Interim government member Edil Baisalov accused Bakiyev of being responsible for the April 7 bloodshed in the capital, Bishkek.
The shaky coalition, which is set to run the country for six months, is struggling to restore stability.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled Kyrgyzstan after a bloody uprising on April 7, had taken refuge last week in neighboring Kazakhstan but then left on Monday for a destination not announced.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday he had arranged for Bakiyev to come to the Belarusian capital. His presence, however, could exacerbate Belarus' tensions with both the West as well as neighboring Russia.
"President Bakiyev and his family are in Minsk under the protection of our state and me personally," Lukashenko said in televised remarks to parliament, adding that his guests were undergoing medical checks.
Lukashenko also said he had ordered food deliveries to Kyrgyzstan, where widespread poverty contributes to political tensions.
The president was deposed in an uprising that left 85 people dead when gunfire broke out at a protest rally.
Interim government member Edil Baisalov accused Bakiyev of being responsible for the April 7 bloodshed in the capital, Bishkek.
The shaky coalition, which is set to run the country for six months, is struggling to restore stability.
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